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1dwm - dynamic window manager
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4dwm is an extremly fast, small, and dynamic X11 window manager.
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7Requirements
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9In order to build dwm you need the Xlib header files.
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12Installation
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14Edit config.mk to match your local setup. dwm is installed into
15the /usr/local namespace by default.
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17Afterwards enter the following command to build and install dwm (if
18necessary as root):
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20 make clean install
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23Running dwm
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25Add the following line to your .xinitrc to start dwm using startx:
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27 exec dwm
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29In order to connect dwm to a specific display, make sure that
30the DISPLAY environment variable is set correctly, e.g.:
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32 DISPLAY=foo.bar:1 exec dwm
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34This will start dwm on display :1 of the host foo.bar.
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37Configuration
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39The configuration of dwm is done by customizing the wm.h source file. To
40customize the key bindings edit kb.c.